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Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services

Full Hearts Grocery Program · About this organization

What you get

Weekly produce and dry-goods deliveries to your door, plus a mailed grocery gift card. The card amount isn't published. Ask.

How to start

Call Family Services to ask about grocery delivery, Heart Mart or Caroline’s Closet.

Good to know

  • Ask when grocery delivery can begin after enrollment.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Waitlist

Jacob’s Heart’s Full Hearts Grocery Program gives participating pediatric-cancer families weekly doorstep deliveries of produce and dry goods plus a mailed grocery gift card. The related Heart Mart and Caroline’s Closet offer groceries, cleaning supplies, clothing, shoes, and household supplies at no cost on scheduled days. Families in the organization’s current Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Clara county ZIP codes should contact Jacob’s Heart to ask about enrollment and current capacity.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Full Hearts Grocery Program — household bills and cash assistance

Jacob’s Heart’s Full Hearts Grocery Program gives participating pediatric-cancer families weekly doorstep deliveries of produce and dry goods plus a mailed grocery gift card. The related Heart Mart and Caroline’s Closet offer groceries, cleaning supplies, clothing, shoes, and household supplies at no cost on scheduled days. Families in the organization’s current Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Clara county ZIP codes should contact Jacob’s Heart to ask about enrollment and current capacity.

Noncash help · Recurring

Can cover

  • Basic groceries and cleaning supplies
  • Clothing, shoes, and household supplies
  • Fresh produce and essential living supplies
  • Grocery gift card
  • Mailed grocery gift card
  • Weekly doorstep delivery of one produce bag and one dry-goods bag
  • Weekly produce and dry-goods bags
  • The page describes groceries, goods, and a gift card without publishing a dollar value.
  • Grocery deliveries are described as weekly; Heart Mart operates every other Friday.

Meals And Food

Full Hearts Grocery Program — meals and food

Jacob’s Heart’s Full Hearts Grocery Program gives participating pediatric-cancer families weekly doorstep deliveries of produce and dry goods plus a mailed grocery gift card. The related Heart Mart and Caroline’s Closet offer groceries, cleaning supplies, clothing, shoes, and household supplies at no cost on scheduled days. Families in the organization’s current Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Clara county ZIP codes should contact Jacob’s Heart to ask about enrollment and current capacity.

Noncash help · Recurring

Can cover

  • Basic groceries and cleaning supplies
  • Clothing, shoes, and household supplies
  • Fresh produce and essential living supplies
  • Grocery gift card
  • Mailed grocery gift card
  • Weekly doorstep delivery of one produce bag and one dry-goods bag
  • Weekly produce and dry-goods bags
  • The page describes groceries, goods, and a gift card without publishing a dollar value.
  • Grocery deliveries are described as weekly; Heart Mart operates every other Friday.

Practical Items And Home Help

Full Hearts Grocery Program — practical items and home help

Jacob’s Heart’s Full Hearts Grocery Program gives participating pediatric-cancer families weekly doorstep deliveries of produce and dry goods plus a mailed grocery gift card. The related Heart Mart and Caroline’s Closet offer groceries, cleaning supplies, clothing, shoes, and household supplies at no cost on scheduled days. Families in the organization’s current Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Clara county ZIP codes should contact Jacob’s Heart to ask about enrollment and current capacity.

Noncash help · Recurring

Can cover

  • Basic groceries and cleaning supplies
  • Clothing, shoes, and household supplies
  • Fresh produce and essential living supplies
  • Grocery gift card
  • Mailed grocery gift card
  • Weekly doorstep delivery of one produce bag and one dry-goods bag
  • Weekly produce and dry-goods bags
  • The page describes groceries, goods, and a gift card without publishing a dollar value.
  • Grocery deliveries are described as weekly; Heart Mart operates every other Friday.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves children with cancer or a category that includes pediatric B-ALL.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The official page uses pediatric or child wording without publishing a numeric age rule.

Treatment status

Active Treatment

  • The official page does not publish a numeric income ceiling.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Monterey County; San Benito County; Santa Clara County; Santa Cruz County.

  • The family must live in a currently served ZIP code in Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, or Santa Clara County.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

Who can start: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian

  1. Ask whether Full Hearts delivery, Heart Mart, or Caroline’s Closet is available.
  2. Confirm that the home ZIP code is in the current service area.
  3. Contact Jacob’s Heart family services.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Phone · Open form or page · (831) 724-9100 — The linked page describes the grocery benefit; the calendar supplies the direct family intake instruction.

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsWaitlist
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • Weekly grocery delivery is active but currently waitlisted; the waitlist scope does not establish closure of on-site Heart Mart or Caroline’s Closet.
  • The official page presents intake as available year-round.

Limitations and things to confirm

No additional limitations are published.

  • Is the Full Hearts program currently accepting new families or operating a waitlist?
  • What enrollment documents and treatment-status verification are required?
  • What is the current gift-card value?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program